Sulfide - Nomenclature. 1  The systematic names sulfanediide and sulfide (2â), valid IUPAC names, are determined according to the substitutive and additive nomenclatures, respectively.
Nuclear proliferation is the spread of nuclear weapons, fissionable material, and weapons-applicable nuclear technology and information to nations not recognized as Nuclear Weapon States by the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, also known as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty or NPT.
The United States has gone to extraordinary lengths since the beginning of the nuclear age to inhibitâthat is, to slow, halt, and reverseâthe spread of nuclear weapons and, when unsuccessful, to mitigate the consequences.